The Doobie Brothers – One Step Closer

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – HS 3452
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , Goldisc Press, Embossed Cover
Country:	US
Released:	1980
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1	Dedicate This Heart Written-By – Paul Anka	4:07
A2	Real Love Written-By – Patrick Henderson	4:18
A3	No Stoppin' Us Now Written-By – Christopher Thompson*	4:40
A4	Thank You Love Written-By – Cornelius Bumpus	6:22
B1	One Step Closer Written-By – Keith Knudsen	4:10
B2	Keep This Train A-Rollin' Written-By – Michael McDonald	3:29
B3	Just In Time Written-By – Patrick Simmons	2:43
B4	South Bay Strut Written-By – John McFee	4:05
B5	One By One Written-By – Michael McDonald	3:47

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Warner Communications
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Tauripin Tunes
Copyright © – Paulanne Music, Inc.
Copyright © – April Music Inc.
Copyright © – Monosteri Music
Copyright © – Noodle Tunes
Copyright © – Long Tooth Music
Copyright © – Rare Blue Music, Inc.
Copyright © – Carlooney Tunes
Copyright © – Heavenly Thrust Music
Copyright © – Soquel Songs
Copyright © – No Sheet Music
Copyright © – Conga Din Tunes
Copyright © – Kick Drum Music
Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Published By – Tauripin Tunes
Published By – Paulanne Music, Inc.
Published By – April Music Inc.
Published By – Monosteri Music
Published By – Soquel Songs
Published By – No Sheet Music
Published By – Heavenly Thrust Music
Published By – Noodle Tunes
Published By – Long Tooth Music
Published By – Rare Blue Music, Inc.
Published By – Carlooney Tunes
Published By – Kick Drum Music
Published By – Conga Din Tunes
Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At – United Sound Systems
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mixed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
Lacquer Cut At – Kendun Recorders

Credits

Arranged By [Horns] – Jerome Jumonville* (tracks: B2)
Arranged By [Strings] – Jimmie Haskell (tracks: A2, B4)
Art Direction, Design – Jim Welch (4)
Backing Vocals – Nicolette Larson (tracks: A1, A2, B3)
Baritone Saxophone – Joel Peskin
Bass – Tiran Porter
Congas, Bongos, Backing Vocals – Bobby LaKind
Coordinator [Production] – Susyn Schops
Drums, Vibraphone, Marimba – Chet McCracken
Drums, Vocals – Keith Knudsen
Engineer – Jim Isaacson
Engineer [2nd] – Gene Meros
Flugelhorn – Lee Thornburg (tracks: A1)
Guitar, Vocals – Patrick Simmons
Keyboards – Patrick Henderson (tracks: A2, B2, B5)
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Michael McDonald
Management – Bruce Cohn
Mastered By – Kent Duncan
Photography By – Norman Seeff
Producer – Ted Templeman
Producer [Assistant] – Joan Parker
Public Relations [Publicity] – David Gest & Assoc.
Tambourine, Cowbell, Maracas – Ted Templeman
Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Jumonville*
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Organ, Vocals – Cornelius Bumpus
Trumpet – Lee Thornburg

Notes

Inner sleeve tracklisting differs from jacket and media labels

℗© 1980 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood.
Additional recordings at Warner Bros. Recording Studio, Nort Hollywood; United Sound Recorders, Detroit, Michigan; and A&R Recorders, New York.
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank.

Runouts are etched, except for KENDUN-S which is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7599-23452-1
Barcode (Scanned): 075992345217
Rights Society (A1 to A3, B1 to B3, B5): ASCAP
Rights Society (A1, A4, B1, B5): BMI
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): GOL HS-1-3452-G2 KENDUN-S
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): HS-2-3452-G3 GOL KENDUN-S
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): HS-1-3452-G3 KENDUN-A GOL
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): HS-2-3452-G3 GOL KENDUN-S

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	One Step Closer (LP, Album, SRC Pressing, Embossed Cover)	Warner Bros. Records	HS 3452	US	1980
	One Step Closer (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	XHS 3452	Canada	1980
Recently Edited	One Step Closer (LP, Album, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records	K56824, HS 3452, K 56824	UK	1980
Recently Edited	One Step Closer (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	HS 3452	Australia	1980
New Submission	One Step Closer (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	W 56824	Italy	1980